As a songwriter, I can’t think of another song in my youth that taught me how to pay attention to the art of storytelling, combined with orchestration, progressions and having the music take you on that trip, no matter where the storyline took you, you enjoyed the ride. You actually danced to a very very sad and dark story of the groping of a nightclub dancer by a thug that shot her boyfriend who was only trying to defend her honor, she falls into a deep depression and is literally stuck in time, for the rest of her life and every time we play this song, Lola is still stuck. This is one of the MANY reason that I love Barry Manilow. Rest In Peace to my sister Beverly who introduced me to him and all that great 70’s soft yacht rock music. The best times of my life.
Thanks for the nice write up. I grew up in a foreign country and used to love this song a fabulously written and performed melancholy disco-y. When I moved to US at the age of 30, one day this masterpiece and i clicked! Suddenly i realized how tragic its story is, characters are so real - kinda reminded me of Godfather. In terms of story telling, this song, with no wasted words or seconds, yet very catch and yeah danceable, tops my list. Masterpiece in my book.
Heyya by outkast is the same. He points it out in the lyrics too. "Yall don't wanna hear me you just want to dance" Definitely made me listen to the lyrics more
Really awesome example of why "upbeat/high energy" doesn't always mean "happy," just like how major chord doesn't necessarily mean "happy." This song sounds somehow lonelier for it, like just one more lost soul in Rio de Janeiro
@@Gemini053 The song does not have much coherence in that sense, it mentions cha-cha and merengue these styles of music come from Cuba and the Dominican Republic, not from Brazil, the rhythm of the music is more Cuban, I don't know why it mentions Copacabana, which is the only Brazilian thing in this song
@@Gemini053 I looked into it and apparently the Copacabana in the song refers to a famous bar in NYC named "Copacabana", hence why one of the lyrics says "hottest spot north of Havana"
Romper y reparar, construyo el aliento. Ellos cazan ahora, traidos a la vida. No real, aun perspicaz. Y asustado y tenso con pensamientos y entusiasmo y triunfante sin problemas terminantes. Esquiva, agáchate, destella, dispara, gatea, corre, aplasta a la vil banda. No llores, no intentes, no te retengas, esperemos que no. Tu vida, tu propósito salvará a los que tienen alma.
My favorite part of this song is when he says “now it’s the disco…” and you can slightly here disco music in the back. Idk why but I love that part so much lol
You know, in all these years, I never paid attention to the lyrics of this song. The only thing I remembered is "at the Copa, Copacabana" and "her name is Lola," that's about it. I remember dancing to it because it's a catchy, rhythmic and upbeat song. But man, I just paid attention to the lyrics as I was singing them to my cocketeil--who I happened to name, Lola. And boy was I surprised at how depressing the lyrics are. Poor Lola. :(
Try reading the lyrics. The music is upbeat with what I believe is a Cuban rhythm or beat, but the lyrics are about dancing, murder and becoming lost in alcohol.
The haunting thing is if you are old enough to remember this song, you are now older than Lola. This one of this songs that in another 30 years or so they will hear faintly echoing in an abandoned dance hall one lonely October night.
My mom loved this song so much. She passed in march this year so listening to this song makes me feel like she is still here with me even though she is in a way better place
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
My father used to play this song at home.. It will always remind me of him. It's amazing how the rhythm is so happy and uplifting, yet the lyrics tell us about a sad story. Incredible contrast. 💛💙🖤
For the longest time for some reason, I thought the line "She lost her youth and she lost her Tony, now she's lost her mind" meant she had lost her Tony Award. As in, she had once been successful enough as a performer that she had won a Tony. Now she's old and addled and literally lost her Tony. I guess I didn't really pay enough attention to realize it was her guy's name.
I got a theory: maybe Lola was shot, and the reason she never changed out of her feathered dress and nobody did anything about it was because she died and returns to haunt the Copacabana as a ghost.
This song is actually sad, there are many show girls who had the prime of their life in the 1950s+ but fell into poverty and now just have their memories/pictures to reminisce about.
I'm here tonight because a few hours earlier, when I was still at work, the radio stopped playing through the PA system and myself and two other co-workers began singing this song, WORD FOR WORD, from beginning to end. And we smiled and laughed, even though we're all tone-deaf, as we belted out the lyrics...and it was a good time. Thank you, Barry Manilow, for putting out a great song that, over 40 years later, we can still enjoy and have fun listening to and singing.
Came here after hearing Rachel sing this at Barry and Mindy wedding at the last episode of season 2 of Friends. Who's with me? Edit: OMG I never expected to find so many FRIENDS people here!! Thank you all!
Johnny Blade :/ wth is it about? Bc I prob. Just thought nightlifers sh, it's different, & "copacabbana." Reading the lyrics, well, kinda skimming, I guess it's a godfathers vibe? Idk, im kinda bored already. This has a zack wylde walking into a club, requesting zack wylde music kind of vibe...Ivesfahnah see if this is Carlton music instead 😋
I have no idea what the fuck you just said but this song is about a showgirl named Lola who meets a bartender named Tony at the Copacabana(a club) and they fall in love. A man named Rico comes into the bar and calls Lola over after she finishes dancing, Rico 'goes a bit too far'(most likely touching Lola in a way she didn't want to be touched) and Tony tries to fight Rico off. Rico ends up shooting Tony, and Lola is left alone. Thirty years pass and Lola is still at the Copacabana, though as the decades change the Copacabana changes too. The Copacabana no longer has the exotic theme and it's now 'a disco'. Lola is depressed over losing her love and her youth and becomes an alcoholic, slowly losing her mind. See you can see why Johnny Blade called it dark.
Electra Del Rey then don't respond. Bc I don't really care. It's not that serious. Idc what you just typed. As in I didn't even bother to read it through out. My own intrigue comes from me. Not you.
I heard this song first more than fourty years ago. I was a young boy then and didn't know english language yet. I didn't hear it again until now : I was seeing a video of Rio de janeiro about the fiesta of the new year 2022 in Copacabana; and so I run seeking for this song to hear it again. I was astonished by the meaning of the song because it reminded me a similar story which happened in my city Meknes Morocco at the time this song was famous (late seventies). An old blond woman used to walk in the streets in red clothes. Someday a student asked our teacher if he knew something about her. And this later told us that she used to be once the most beautiful girl in our city, and that she used to work in a bar. She had plenty of money and success among men; but with time she lost her mind due to alcohol and drugs...
I just adopted a little chihuahua and we named her Lola. She has only one eye (because a pit bull attacked her) but she is beautiful to me! It made me think of this song lol.
I remember this song from the summer of 78, I was four…We were moving from one apt complex to another, and I remember hearing this on the way to the new house. Funny how a song can take you back
Lmaooo, for a minute I was confused on why it haunted u but when I saw ur name tag I laughed and went “ahah! Unluckyyyy” dang, it must’ve been hard for u Lola 😂😂
Rachel sang this song in one of friends episode.. and it was so catchy I kept on murmuring it and finally today I searched and listened to the whole song and my ears are blessed ❤️
1978 Panamá .1979 Época del disco music... Yo..bien joven...vivo mi juventud cada vez que escucho esta música..ahora tengo 66 ..igual me siento joven cada vez que la escucho. .recuerdo bellas jóvenes a quienes también les gustaba yviviamos momento ..LA VIDA ES UN ABRIR Y CERRAR DE OJOS....VIVELA AL MAXIMO.
The way the music stays happy and upbeat is what makes this song so special really. The lyrics tell a story but still keeps the energetic feel. It's like something you'd see in a movie about someone going insane. Like how Lola was mentally unwell even years after the death of Tony. Man I fucking love this song 😭🙏
“Copacabana”* (1978) earned Barry Manilow his FIRST AND - believe it or not - ONLY Grammy award (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male), his FIRST gold single for a piece he composed, his FIRST international hit record, and the FIRST song to inspire projects in other media (a made-for-TV movie, a stage musical). 💙🎼💜 * Also known as “Copacabana (At The Copa)”.
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
Man I have an awesome 1st memory of this song. My dad played this song on his cassette in the car when I was a kid and I just fell in love with the beat and I asked him to play it again and again lol 😂 ❤
My generation of music was the mid 1970’s to the mid 1980’s. I remember this fantastic song from all those years ago like yesterday. They played it tons of times over the airwaves back in the 1970’s. What different times those were compared to these days. I consider myself very fortunate to hearing songs like these back in the 1970’s.
*Song begins* Me: This sounds happy and upbeat. *When Tony gets shot* Me: That escalated quickly. *When Lola becomes a depressed drunk* Me: That got dark quickly.
This is my favorite song which hunts me since I have learnt the sad story behind the happy music !!! Was my favorite for the rhythm and is my favorite for everything that compose it…♥️ brings me all the feelings a human can feel 😂😍🫣😳😡😱🥺😭😵💫
Maybe Tony shot Rico and didn’t win the court case so he ended up getting 30 years in prison, I mean it says she lost him but that doesn’t mean he died, maybe she’s just waiting there for him and wearing the same dress so she can be recognized when he walks in, I mean it’s been 30 years so
Mate their was blood and a single gunshot. No one knew who shot who. All theory s are hypothetical therefore your hypothesis on the outcome of the gun fight is non valid
I heard this at a Minor League Baseball game (Clearwater Threshers) and came to hear the rest of the song. Did not expect it to get as dark as it is did with such catchy lyrics! :O
I heard this song for the first time while on a Caribbean cruise. I loved it so much when I got home I really listened to it and wow! What a story teller. I was buzzed and dancing my ass off to this song on the cruise and now I feel like a crazy guy haha
I got here because one day when I was in bed my dad sat down and then he just started saying "her name was lola" out of know where and then just started singing the song
The recording was used as incidental music in the 1978 film Foul Play, which starred Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn, and has been featured in over a dozen other films since. "Copacabana" debuted on Billboard magazine's Top 40 chart on July 7, 1978, and peaked at number 8. It has also reached the Top 10 in Belgium, Canada, France and the Netherlands. Internationally, the song is Manilow's third-greatest hit.[3] The track was his first gold single for a song he recorded and released.[4] Additionally, the song earned Manilow his first and only Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in February 1979.[5] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana_(song)
I'm going to make this into a musical! They did it with Mamma Mia...why not this one! This tells a very sad story but this generation can really appreciate it!!
In the 1942 film “Now, Voyager,” as their cruise ship glides into Rio Harbor, Gerry utters to Camille, “Copacabana, there’s music in the word.” Surprisingly, 36 years later in 1978, Barry Manilow’s song was released, echoing Gerry’s sentiments. It’s a captivating connection between reel and reality.
This is a great extended version! The percussion breakdown in the middle is so good. People think of Barry Manilow as being the King of Cheez, and I'm not saying he's not, but this is a totally rockin' tune with an unforgettable story-lyric, like the old murder ballads, but set to a Cuban style groover. Fantastic session musicians and there is some very atypical, for pop, chord changes and modulations and things going on in the build plus pretty fat, stacked harmonies in the BVs. It's a great song that pulls off perfectly the conceit of its homage to different genres of music and lyrical content.
Skipper: Music *This plays* Private: Oh I like this song Kowalski: It never gets old Skipper: It does have a catchy hook. Why does no think about Madagascar 2 Escape 2 Africa
The story of a woman losing the love of her life and spending 30 years as a depressed alcoholic, set to catchy dance music
Reminds me of Hey ya, a man realizing that love is meaningless and won't last for ever, set to a catchy groove
Plastic Love ...👁👄👁
Is that music from Steven Universe?
@@isabelladeschampstallerico3819 LMAO PEARL
You are correct.
Man condensed an entire season of a soap opera into an insanely catchy song
Poor Lola. She sits there so refined and drinks herself half blind. What lyrics, the song is full of good lines.
So true
😂😂😂❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Perfect analogy!
Dallas: Who Shot JR?
Twin Peaks: Who Killed Laura Palmer?
Copacabana: WHO SHOT WHO?
As a songwriter, I can’t think of another song in my youth that taught me how to pay attention to the art of storytelling, combined with orchestration, progressions and having the music take you on that trip, no matter where the storyline took you, you enjoyed the ride. You actually danced to a very very sad and dark story of the groping of a nightclub dancer by a thug that shot her boyfriend who was only trying to defend her honor, she falls into a deep depression and is literally stuck in time, for the rest of her life and every time we play this song, Lola is still stuck. This is one of the MANY reason that I love Barry Manilow.
Rest In Peace to my sister Beverly who introduced me to him and all that great 70’s soft yacht rock music. The best times of my life.
Escuche la canción de Pedro Navaja de Ruben Blades. Una obra maestra. Saludos.
Thanks for the nice write up. I grew up in a foreign country and used to love this song a fabulously written and performed melancholy disco-y. When I moved to US at the age of 30, one day this masterpiece and i clicked! Suddenly i realized how tragic its story is, characters are so real - kinda reminded me of Godfather. In terms of story telling, this song, with no wasted words or seconds, yet very catch and yeah danceable, tops my list. Masterpiece in my book.
wonderful comment
You write songs which ones?!
Heyya by outkast is the same. He points it out in the lyrics too. "Yall don't wanna hear me you just want to dance" Definitely made me listen to the lyrics more
Really awesome example of why "upbeat/high energy" doesn't always mean "happy," just like how major chord doesn't necessarily mean "happy." This song sounds somehow lonelier for it, like just one more lost soul in Rio de Janeiro
There’s a placed called Havana in Rio/Brazil? I assumed this story took place in Cuba.
@@Gemini053 The song does not have much coherence in that sense, it mentions cha-cha and merengue these styles of music come from Cuba and the Dominican Republic, not from Brazil, the rhythm of the music is more Cuban, I don't know why it mentions Copacabana, which is the only Brazilian thing in this song
@@Joker-bp1gf Oh wow, that’s interesting. Thanks for the info.
@@Gemini053 I looked into it and apparently the Copacabana in the song refers to a famous bar in NYC named "Copacabana", hence why one of the lyrics says "hottest spot north of Havana"
@@Joker-bp1gf yeah, Copacabana is just the name of the club. Its a fictious club in Havana, based on a real club with that name in Nyc
Lyrics: Depression, alcoholism, murder
Music: 💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺💃
Lol
Because why not?
Same for Japanese music
...but for a few months at least they were "young and in love" ...really now, who could ask for more?
Romper y reparar, construyo el aliento. Ellos cazan ahora,
traidos a la vida. No real, aun perspicaz. Y asustado y
tenso con pensamientos y entusiasmo y triunfante sin problemas terminantes.
Esquiva, agáchate, destella, dispara, gatea, corre, aplasta a la vil banda.
No llores, no intentes, no te retengas, esperemos que no.
Tu vida, tu propósito salvará a los que tienen alma.
This is how I'd want someone to sing about my life no matter how depressing my life was
Sameee
True
Nice idea. But what a pity you couldn´t witness it.
Cj what are you doing there
But Lola had fun
My favorite part of this song is when he says “now it’s the disco…” and you can slightly here disco music in the back. Idk why but I love that part so much lol
I love this too
Never noticed till now. Thanks!
I literally could not help but appreciate tf out of it too after hearing it, theres just something about it
Woah!
You are wrong, it is just the instrumentl I first had the same thoughts but it's actually only the background music
As a metal head this song is one of my guilty pleasures. Great story set to a good tempo and rhythm.
as a metal head, same
All this is missing is a death scream from Lola when her Tony got shot... Oh wait...
As another metalhead, same
as an average metal enjoyer, same
another metalhead here, yes
Skipper: "Music!"
Private: "Oh i like this one!"
Kowalski: "Never gets old, Skipper."
Just like Tony.
Dark song with a happy beat
Skipper: Hold onto your skirts , it's dam busting time.
Literally came here for the penguins lol
"It does have a catchy hook"
"Music!"
"Ooh, I like this song!"
"It never gets old."
"It does have a catchy hook."
“There’s no greater sacrifice than some ones eles”
*gunshot*
"No, medic!"
*Duct tape*
"RAMMING SPEED"
@@chejrjgxutdpjvurtsgufsyotu4855 basset hound!
You know, in all these years, I never paid attention to the lyrics of this song. The only thing I remembered is "at the Copa, Copacabana" and "her name is Lola," that's about it. I remember dancing to it because it's a catchy, rhythmic and upbeat song. But man, I just paid attention to the lyrics as I was singing them to my cocketeil--who I happened to name, Lola. And boy was I surprised at how depressing the lyrics are. Poor Lola. :(
Fr. this was catchy dance music to me in my early years, i’m 15 now and this song makes me feel like sh**.
🎯I grew up on this and NOW I know
how can we love it so...we do, is this why I watch crime dramas...🤔
poor Lola
🕺💃🕺
This song makes me really cheery and happy! I sure do hope there isn't a dark story in this song!
Try reading the lyrics. The music is upbeat with what I believe is a Cuban rhythm or beat, but the lyrics are about dancing, murder and becoming lost in alcohol.
@@cherylq709/whoosh
you might want to sit down buddy....
It might seem crazy what I'm bout to say
@@cha_hoe 🤣🤣🤣
Yo this dude really made me feel what a three season show is like in 6 minutes
IKR
😲 I know!!
Is that song from Steven Universe Future?
Isabella Deschamps Tallerico no from friends
That is honestly so true.
The haunting thing is if you are old enough to remember this song, you are now older than Lola. This one of this songs that in another 30 years or so they will hear faintly echoing in an abandoned dance hall one lonely October night.
How is it haunting?
Head on a Crab I guess because the lyrics are really depressing
mugwugthemagnificful that sounds hauntingly beautiful
Charles the epic gamer that doesn’t really make it depressing
Head on a Crab yeah I guess I don’t know why then
My mom loved this song so much. She passed in march this year so listening to this song makes me feel like she is still here with me even though she is in a way better place
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
I can't stop imagine Reachel in her pink dress at Barry's and Mindy wedding and everybody starring at her..
exactly 😭😂👌🏿
Same
Don’t forget her dress was tucked into her underwear exposing her butt. 😂
soo truuu🤣
HELL YEA!!!! I love Friends!
My father used to play this song at home.. It will always remind me of him. It's amazing how the rhythm is so happy and uplifting, yet the lyrics tell us about a sad story. Incredible contrast. 💛💙🖤
Manilow was happy.
K
@@billa1870 I agree
Same here!
It's a cheap sad story.
This needs a Season 2. This can't be the end. What happened to Rico?
And I still hope for an happy end for Lola!
Next thing you know this turns into a twenty part song like “Stuck in the Closest”
@@SkorMedia But you can't lie Trapped in the closet is good tho.
Rico was given the chair for murder
@@SkorMedia Stuck? Shiiiit… That nigga was trapped.
@@Weak_Texas but the chairs were smashed in 2 though
For the longest time for some reason, I thought the line "She lost her youth and she lost her Tony, now she's lost her mind" meant she had lost her Tony Award. As in, she had once been successful enough as a performer that she had won a Tony. Now she's old and addled and literally lost her Tony. I guess I didn't really pay enough attention to realize it was her guy's name.
I was sobbing and this just had to crakc me up😂😂
Lmfaooo, same here. I thought she received a Tony award and lost it 😂😂
"There is no greater sacrifice than someone else's."
*"NO! MEDIC!"*
*"RAMMING SPEED!!!"*
A sad and depressing song shouldn't be this upbeat and happy.
I never knew the lyrics til today and wow it's super depressing lol
No nothing "shouldn't" be uplifting its a good thing
The 1970s was full of songs like that.
I get what u mean, but come on,
isn't the fact that it's so ironic and sarcastic the best part of it?:))
Diarra Harris another depressing song with an upbeat tone is And When I Die by Blood Sweat and Tears
Me: This sounds like a happy and upbeat song.
The Lyrics: “Allow us to introduce ourselves”
I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE!
I don't get it
I get it. You're better than me. Just explain already.
@Christopher Sanchez You should make videos. You are wasting great talent.
@@alexmallins5489 Are YOU going to be explain it to me?
I got a theory: maybe Lola was shot, and the reason she never changed out of her feathered dress and nobody did anything about it was because she died and returns to haunt the Copacabana as a ghost.
💀👺🎩🖤🕷🕸🌻👽🤡
Happy Halloween 2021
Amazing
Maybe Tony and Rico ended up together so she lost her mind 👀
Oh dang this is a pretty neat interpretation
you are a brilliant mind!
I feel some hidden nostalgia even though I’ve never heard of this song before but it’s so catchy!
🤫
This song is actually sad, there are many show girls who had the prime of their life in the 1950s+ but fell into poverty and now just have their memories/pictures to reminisce about.
Same story with the Roaring 20s
Unfortunately, that goes for any job based on appearance from any era.
It repeats itself too
Everyone gangsta until Rico shows up at the Copa
Hahaha
*weagel
Copacabana
Kaboom!?
@@randocalrissian1980 yes rico , kaboom
THIS ONE LYRIC I CANT GET OVER:
"She lost her youth, and she lost her Tony. Now she's lost her mind" AHHHHHH
I'm here tonight because a few hours earlier, when I was still at work, the radio stopped playing through the PA system and myself and two other co-workers began singing this song, WORD FOR WORD, from beginning to end. And we smiled and laughed, even though we're all tone-deaf, as we belted out the lyrics...and it was a good time. Thank you, Barry Manilow, for putting out a great song that, over 40 years later, we can still enjoy and have fun listening to and singing.
Odo
Came here after hearing Rachel sing this at Barry and Mindy wedding at the last episode of season 2 of Friends. Who's with me?
Edit: OMG I never expected to find so many FRIENDS people here!! Thank you all!
me hahahha
lol that damn Rachael green !
Me too!
Watching this episode right now 😂
Literally just watched that today 😊😊😂😂
When you really listen to the lyrics, it's really dark.
Johnny Blade :/ wth is it about? Bc I prob. Just thought nightlifers sh, it's different, & "copacabbana." Reading the lyrics, well, kinda skimming, I guess it's a godfathers vibe? Idk, im kinda bored already. This has a zack wylde walking into a club, requesting zack wylde music kind of vibe...Ivesfahnah see if this is Carlton music instead 😋
I have no idea what the fuck you just said but this song is about a showgirl named Lola who meets a bartender named Tony at the Copacabana(a club) and they fall in love. A man named Rico comes into the bar and calls Lola over after she finishes dancing, Rico 'goes a bit too far'(most likely touching Lola in a way she didn't want to be touched) and Tony tries to fight Rico off. Rico ends up shooting Tony, and Lola is left alone.
Thirty years pass and Lola is still at the Copacabana, though as the decades change the Copacabana changes too. The Copacabana no longer has the exotic theme and it's now 'a disco'. Lola is depressed over losing her love and her youth and becomes an alcoholic, slowly losing her mind.
See you can see why Johnny Blade called it dark.
Electra Del Rey then don't respond. Bc I don't really care. It's not that serious. Idc what you just typed. As in I didn't even bother to read it through out. My own intrigue comes from me. Not you.
Ahhw E-Any hahahahahahahahahaha
@@electradelrey2999 yes
I heard this song first more than fourty years ago. I was a young boy then and didn't know english language yet. I didn't hear it again until now : I was seeing a video of Rio de janeiro about the fiesta of the new year 2022 in Copacabana; and so I run seeking for this song to hear it again. I was astonished by the meaning of the song because it reminded me a similar story which happened in my city Meknes Morocco at the time this song was famous (late seventies). An old blond woman used to walk in the streets in red clothes. Someday a student asked our teacher if he knew something about her. And this later told us that she used to be once the most beautiful girl in our city, and that she used to work in a bar. She had plenty of money and success among men; but with time she lost her mind due to alcohol and drugs...
I just adopted a little chihuahua and we named her Lola. She has only one eye (because a pit bull attacked her) but she is beautiful to me! It made me think of this song lol.
Its a whole series in 1 single song
*Judge* : "Ok, you're down to 4 years"
*6ix9ine* : " *I know who shot who* "
Lmao
no way 😂 how u gon bring up 6ix9ime here 😂😂 mad disrespectful :(
♥️
Judge: That's it 6ix9ine you got 2 years now
6ix9ine: Yes!!!! "Let's see if I can get it lower" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Quick side note I'm not a big fan of 6ix9ine
Duh
This song is just so beautifully composed
I remember this song from the summer of 78, I was four…We were moving from one apt complex to another, and I remember hearing this on the way to the new house. Funny how a song can take you back
My nickname is Lola and people always sing the start of the song at me but I just listened the the whole thing through and...wow
lauren mh NEVER EVER TRUST A RICO PLZ
lauren mh hi Lola
Are you a showgirl?
My real name is Lola and people usually tell me something like "oh I had a dog called Lola"
Its such a dark song
This song has haunted me since I was a freshman in high school.
Oh hello Lola😌
Lmaooo, for a minute I was confused on why it haunted u but when I saw ur name tag I laughed and went “ahah! Unluckyyyy” dang, it must’ve been hard for u Lola 😂😂
@@thebrokengirl9003 She was a showgirl, back when there used to a show.
@@tomemeornottomeme1864 but that was 30 years ago!
😂
Rachel sang this song in one of friends episode.. and it was so catchy I kept on murmuring it and finally today I searched and listened to the whole song and my ears are blessed ❤️
"There's no sacrifice greater than someone else's"
The hula girl’s head is shot off
No! Medic!
Rico gets the duck tape out
Funny how they don't tell you much about rico's backstory, you can only guess what kind of character he is.
Cosmic Queen are you implying he is a drug dealer?
That or any other high ranking criminal.
Well he was acting inappropriately with Lola against her will, and he shot someone, so I would say so.
stop shaming rico
Rico brought it on himself
Anyone come here since they just know the song, no reason or show nor movie they just know it
1970s and Barry Manilow ..
You kids don't even know ...
Maria Espinoza were you going to finish?
Me
I found this song from Just Dance and I really was confused why they used this song for a kids game ._.
me-
1978 Panamá
.1979 Época del disco music... Yo..bien joven...vivo mi juventud cada vez que escucho esta música..ahora tengo 66
..igual me siento joven cada vez que la escucho.
.recuerdo bellas jóvenes a quienes también les gustaba yviviamos momento
..LA VIDA ES UN ABRIR Y CERRAR DE OJOS....VIVELA AL MAXIMO.
3:54 the part that brought all of us here
yeeeeepppp
I feel called out🤣
The beginning: *at the copa she fell in love*
The middle: at the copa she *lost* her love
The end: She lost her mind at the copa.
@@JasontheFolf *she couldn't copa
Lmfao that’s the whole point of the song…
This one's a contradiction because of how happy it sounds, But the lyrics are so down
it's ok tho
Because it represents, wait, better yet it is
@@zorangelisdelgado6812 who I feel I am
So many songs are like that xD
@@eauavie It's a reference, mate.
I like this song, it never gets old.
It does have a catchy hook. come about bring her in low!
The way the music stays happy and upbeat is what makes this song so special really. The lyrics tell a story but still keeps the energetic feel. It's like something you'd see in a movie about someone going insane. Like how Lola was mentally unwell even years after the death of Tony. Man I fucking love this song 😭🙏
ok kpop fan
@@Triggerma girl stfu you thought u did sum 💀
This could be a Netflix series, And I would watch...
i feel like they'll just stretch it to oblivion.
It's already in Netflix Madagascar 2
“Her name was Lola “ ALWAYS pops in my head 😂
I know! Lol
She was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star Tony always tended bar
私の大学生時代、20代の時のベスト５の最高の曲です。そしてバリーマニロー素敵なシンガーでした。
“Copacabana”* (1978) earned Barry Manilow his FIRST AND - believe it or not - ONLY Grammy award (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male), his FIRST gold single for a piece he composed, his FIRST international hit record, and the FIRST song to inspire projects in other media (a made-for-TV movie, a stage musical). 💙🎼💜
* Also known as “Copacabana (At The Copa)”.
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
3:02 HAVE A BANNANA
The banana was actually a GUN!
She lost Tony
She drank her self half-blind
She went crazy
*Happy and joyous*
AT THE COPA- COPACABANA!!!!!!
damn i've only listened to the rico part
the ending part gave me chills
Lmfaooooo
Man I have an awesome 1st memory of this song. My dad played this song on his cassette in the car when I was a kid and I just fell in love with the beat and I asked him to play it again and again lol 😂 ❤
That one furina edit
so true
“Never gets old Skipper.”
~ Kowalski Madagascar 2
Private ~oouu I like this song
Lolol yes
Kaboom
@Spencer Carroll Rico rips tape
Ramming speed
This song and Rachel facing her fears..was just perfect..
This songs brings back so many memories of my highschool days. Such a genius of a songwriter and a great singer as well 😊
Hermano, que buena canción, me hace sentir muy bien
My generation of music was the mid 1970’s to the mid 1980’s. I remember this fantastic song from all those years ago like yesterday. They played it tons of times over the airwaves back in the 1970’s. What different times those were compared to these days. I consider myself very fortunate to hearing songs like these back in the 1970’s.
*Song begins* Me: This sounds happy and upbeat.
*When Tony gets shot* Me: That escalated quickly.
*When Lola becomes a depressed drunk* Me: That got dark quickly.
Exactly
Well, that got dark
Lola should listen to Fifth Harmony’s song “ That’s My Girl”
Private: ooh i like this song
Kowalski: it never gets old
Skipper: it does have a catchy hook
This is my favorite song which hunts me since I have learnt the sad story behind the happy music !!! Was my favorite for the rhythm and is my favorite for everything that compose it…♥️ brings me all the feelings a human can feel 😂😍🫣😳😡😱🥺😭😵💫
Anyone come from the friends episode when Rachel was singing this at barrys wedding 😫😂😂
Andrea r 19 I came too ✋
Me too
yo
Me😂
yes, me
PLOT TWIST:
Tony is the Smooth Criminal and Annie shot him
Plague Produkshuns OMG YES 😂
Is Annie ok?
Whoopee.😒
who is annie?
@@clingadorepugglechuck6124 from "smooth criminal by michael jackson"
Oh la la la 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼 her name was Loba and she loved this song ..
The reason why i listened to this is cz i was planning to dance with this in our talent show so i made sure there was nothing Innapropite lol🤨📸
At the copabanana!
Pekos dont heart your own comment you degenerate.
cream of mushroom and the 1 like you got on your comment was probably from yourself so just stop talking.
Pekos I’m like number 69
Pekos
When you like your own comment
😩👌
Stan you old bean!
Maybe Tony shot Rico and didn’t win the court case so he ended up getting 30 years in prison, I mean it says she lost him but that doesn’t mean he died, maybe she’s just waiting there for him and wearing the same dress so she can be recognized when he walks in, I mean it’s been 30 years so
TheReal CloroxBleach That’s a pretty convincing theory. 👍
I love it
That would be a twist.
This made me feel just as sad ad the lyrics do 😭
Mate their was blood and a single gunshot. No one knew who shot who. All theory s are hypothetical therefore your hypothesis on the outcome of the gun fight is non valid
I heard this at a Minor League Baseball game (Clearwater Threshers) and came to hear the rest of the song. Did not expect it to get as dark as it is did with such catchy lyrics! :O
I heard this song for the first time while on a Caribbean cruise. I loved it so much when I got home I really listened to it and wow! What a story teller. I was buzzed and dancing my ass off to this song on the cruise and now I feel like a crazy guy haha
Is the whistle after the line "he called her" signifying that Rico whistled at her?!....wow!this song is so good!
No I didn't come here from Friends. I typed in "Copacabana" expecting travel vlogs on the beach...but cool song. 😂👌🏾
Rico shoot Tony
lmaooo
Funny! I showed up cause madagascar 2!
I got here because one day when I was in bed my dad sat down and then he just started saying "her name was lola" out of know where and then just started singing the song
it came up in my recomended on a spotify playlist that i named chill
i completely forgot this song existed, i'm really glad i found it
commenting so you dont forget it again
Just came back from Copa! I love this song and the backgroud pic :)
The recording was used as incidental music in the 1978 film Foul Play, which starred Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn, and has been featured in over a dozen other films since. "Copacabana" debuted on Billboard magazine's Top 40 chart on July 7, 1978, and peaked at number 8. It has also reached the Top 10 in Belgium, Canada, France and the Netherlands. Internationally, the song is Manilow's third-greatest hit.[3] The track was his first gold single for a song he recorded and released.[4] Additionally, the song earned Manilow his first and only Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in February 1979.[5] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana_(song)
I LOVE Foul Play -Dudley Moore and Burgess Meredith had bit parts 🤣🤣🤣, I was too young for the movie, but I loved it then and now .Esme the snake❣
I was almost named Lola. This song is literally the reason why I’m not.
Ripppp My name is Lola
Probably your parents didn't want you ending up in a club down in old Soho where they drink champagne that tastes just like cherry cola.
Good name
*coughs awkwardly*
Imagine almost getting named lola but you get stuck with Ashleigh
Tragic lyrics in a so beautiful song !
I remembered this song today travelling through Copacabana beach, NSW, Australia, must have been the 70’s when I heard the song
Ross supporting Rachel in Friends while she's singing this song brought me here
Despite the joyful and cheerful melodies in this song, the lyrics contains a great sadness in it. What a Legendary song 💜
Descubrí esta canción cuando mi mamá y yo íbamos en el carro escuchando la radio y dejó esta canción y me encantó el ritmo
Mindig oda akartam menni ,de valami mindig vissza fogott !!
HAVE A BANAANNNAAAAA
Molly Dang it, now that’s all I can hear
😂😂😂
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For friends fan's: Anyone noticed that the artist was called Barry and Rachel sang at BARRYS wedding 😂
Louise Scott me🐸
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Yup
My Username and pfp lol
OMGGGGGG
I just listen to the lyrics of this song. Holy mackerel! Its really sad.poor lola.
I'm going to make this into a musical! They did it with Mamma Mia...why not this one! This tells a very sad story but this generation can really appreciate it!!
I’m Cuban and this song is embedded into my very soul.
The lyrics: The love of her life was murdered and now she's an old depressed drunk
The music: 💃🎶🕺🎵🕺🎶💃
In the 1942 film “Now, Voyager,” as their cruise ship glides into Rio Harbor, Gerry utters to Camille, “Copacabana, there’s music in the word.” Surprisingly, 36 years later in 1978, Barry Manilow’s song was released, echoing Gerry’s sentiments. It’s a captivating connection between reel and reality.
So nostalgic! Love it, Barry!
“Oh! I like this song!”
“It never gets old.”
“It does have a catchy hook.”
This is a great extended version! The percussion breakdown in the middle is so good. People think of Barry Manilow as being the King of Cheez, and I'm not saying he's not, but this is a totally rockin' tune with an unforgettable story-lyric, like the old murder ballads, but set to a Cuban style groover. Fantastic session musicians and there is some very atypical, for pop, chord changes and modulations and things going on in the build plus pretty fat, stacked harmonies in the BVs. It's a great song that pulls off perfectly the conceit of its homage to different genres of music and lyrical content.
Diana Trimble Cheese is an excellent source of protein and fat.
One of the best Entertainers We ever had.
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Skipper: Music
*This plays*
Private: Oh I like this song
Kowalski: It never gets old
Skipper: It does have a catchy hook.
Why does no think about Madagascar 2 Escape 2 Africa
i knew i recognized this song
skipper :music
Private oh i like this song sir
never gets old
skipper : my god your shaking like a tree LOL rico you had your fun pull up .
EnderEthan 14 I first heard this song in Madagascar 2 I think about every movie in the Madagascar franchise
Black lives matter 2 electric boogaloo escape from Africa
I always do lmao, it brings back memories
Thanks for 4.000.000 views!!!!!!
Doom Patrol!
HER NAME WAS LOLA 🗣️🔥